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  1. BJP’s Laxman rekha on Laxman

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    / April 29, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Staying untrue to its tagline of `party with a difference’, the BJP acted no differently on Bangaru Laxman. Washing its hands off its former national president, the party said “the jail term awarded by the court in a bribery case is part of a legal process which does not involve...

  2. Revenge of the Jedi, aka the I.A.S. lobby

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    / April 4, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Earlier this morning, a friend, a former Commander in the Indian Navy, and I were discussing le affaire Vijay Kumar Singh. Personally, I think that General V.K. Singh is avenging himself for the humiliation of haggling over his date of birth. Though General Singh has cloaked his actions as being...

  3. Why sing this Coup song di?

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    / April 4, 2012 / Leave a comment
    That’s what most of India is asking today. The front page Indian Express story details the movement of two key army units from Hissar in Haryana (33rd Armoured Division) and Agra in Uttar Pradesh (50 Para Brigade) towards the national capital on the night of January 16. The story details...

  4. Gowda rises like a phoenix to snub Kumaraswamy

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    / March 30, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The self-proclaimed humble farmer father and his not-so-humble film producer son are at it again. Speaking in different voices. This time over being approached by middlemen lobbying for defence deals. Kumaraswamy said when dad was PM in 1996-97, an offer of a bribe was made to him to influence defence...

  5. The buck stops nowhere in the Defence ministry

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    / March 27, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Arackaparambil Kurien Antony came to the Rajya Sabha well prepared, his sleeves rolled up, like always. Those are heavy sleeves for he wears his honesty on them. A reputation built in Kerala’s murky political backwaters where comparisions with the old fox, the late Karunakaran always helped Antony shine bright. He...

  6. Wooden horses now fly!

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    / December 14, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By V Desikan DRDO (Defence Research & Development Organization) was formed in 1958. It was a small organisation with ten establishments or laboratories. Over the years, it has grown multi-directionally in terms of the variety of subject disciplines, number of laboratories, achievements and stature. Today DRDO has a network of...

  7. The SANGAM story

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    / November 22, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By V Desikan Thursday July 31, 1997 was an emotion filled day for me. I had opted for voluntary retirement after working for 28 years in the DRDO. A farewell party was arranged for three of us, who were retiring on that day.   Five hundred of my colleagues had...

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